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LUPINUS mexicanus. 
Mexican Lupine. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS®. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea. Stam.10. diadelpha. Legum. uniloculare bivalve. Fru- 
tices aut herbe; folia simplicia aut ternata aut rariüs digitata; stipule sub- 
nulle, nunc conspicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem distincte. — PAPI- 
LIONACEA. Brown in append. to Flind. voy. 2. 
LUPINUS. Calyx 2-fidus laciniis integris aut dentatis. Carina basi 
bipartita. Stamina basi monadelpha; antheris 5 subrotundis, 5 oblongis. 
umen coriaceum oblongum polyspermum. Herbe; folia digitata, stipulis 
imo petiolo adnatis; flores spicati terminales, in spicá alterni aut subverticil- 
lati, nudi aut bracteati. An Lupinus integrifolius Linnei affinior Crora- 
LARLE? Juss. loc. cit. 354. 
L. mexicanus, calycibus alternis appendiculatis labio superiore semibifido, 
inferiore obscurè 3-dentato. Lagasca gen. et P: i, 22. 
Planta preter corollam omnind molli-pilosa. Foliola 3?-5?-7-8, elongato- 
cuneata, angusta acumine brevi, longè deorsum attenuata, suprà nuda, in- 
frà pilis sericeis albicantia, longiora biuncialia, petiolis pilosis breviora ; 
stipula: subulato-lineares erecte pilose. Racemi spicatim elongati, laxis 
multiflori, foribus sparsis purpureo-carulescentibus venis saturatioribus 
pictis, ante anthesin bracteosi: pedunculus (ex Lagascá) oppositifolius; pedi- 
celli hirsuti, ascendentes subbreviores calyce: bractew lineari-subulate, an- 
gustissime, longiores calyce, caduce. Cal, hirsutus, viridis, labiis divari- 
catis, summo emarginato-fisso. Vex. conduplicato-reflexum, ex imi disci 
plicd margines supremas alarum infern? equitans; ale dolabriformes, acute, 
è marginibus anticis coherentes; carina pallens, ascendens, angusta, subu- 
lato falcata, longitudine alarum, acumine longiusculo saturate violaceo. 
Anthere flave, alterne tardiores lineares, alterne precociores subrotunde. 
Germ. setoso-pilosum: stylus assurgens penicillo stigmatoso terminatus. 
A handsome species, lately introduced into the Botanic 
Garden at Madrid from Mexico. Its seed was sent by 
M. Lagasca to Mr. Lambert; and from this the present 
plant was raised in the garden at Boyton House, where it 
flowered last February in the stove. Probably biennial? 
but its duration has not been yet ascertained amongst us. 
In Mr. Lagasca's opinion it comes nearest to Lupinus Ther- 
mis, an egyptian species. 
The whole plant, except the corolla, is more or less beset 
with a long soft pile. Leaflets 3?-5?-7-8, cuneately elong- 
ated, narrow, shortly taper-pointed, tapered for a consider- 
able way downwards, naked, rendered white underneath by 
